Breast cancer / Lesley Fallowfield, with Andrew Clark.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fallowfield, Lesley.

Fallowfield L Staff, Corporate Author.

Contributor:

Clark, Andrew.

Series:

Experience of illness.

Experience of illness

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Breast--Cancer--Psychological aspects.

Breast.

Breast--Cancer--Social aspects.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (150 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Tavistock/Routledge, 1991.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"For many women breast cancer is one of the most distressing of all diseases. Breast Cancer examines the effects of the disease through all stages of diagnosis and treatment. Making extensive use of verbatim accounts by women of their experiences, it intersperses these with relevant findings and theories from recent scientific research. The book's emphasis on the psychosocial impact of the disease and its treatment will help all those who care for breast cancer patients to understand the distress involved and the means of alleviating it."--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of tables; Preface; Acknowledgements; Editors' preface; What is breast cancer and how is it treated? A surgeon's experience of breast cancer; Lay attitudes, beliefs, screening, and self-examination; Finding a breast lump and hearing the diagnosis; Psychosocial outcome of breast cancer treatment; Psychological reactions to recurrence and advanced disease; Psychological interventions; Conclusion and new directions; References; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 121-132) and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

0-429-08225-8

1-4822-6756-X

1-280-32206-3

1-134-95631-2

0-585-44702-0

9786610322060

0-203-40614-1

9780429082252

OCLC:

475877171